Community

For many families in the San Lorenzo Valley, the first week of school brought significant changes in home settings as well as classrooms. For more than 200 students in the SLV Unified School District, many school hours are spent at home or in neighbors’ homes working independently and with parents.

With fall comes less wind and boaters head up the coast to New Years Island. This time of year the ocean is at its calmest and heading up the coast to less traveled locations can bring a day of new sights and great fishing.

Crab boilers are at full steam with a robust season that started Nov. 5. The season is expected to be a good one, and Monterey Bay crabbers are already loading the decks with tasty crustaceans.

In December 2015, Baymonte kindergartener Annalee Sater, 5, was diagnosed with cancer. Since then, she has undergone chemotherapy but the treatment is costly and the community is trying to help the family.

When it comes to ocean fishing, you can take your pick, as many species are biting. Offshore waters have produced albacore, while along the canyon edges, salmon fishing remains strong. Inshore fishing for rockfish, lingcod and halibut has been very good. Striped bass continue to be caught along the beaches for shore-based anglers.